PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 26, 2024, entitled "New Jersey Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * New Jersey had 211,000 job openings in January 2024, compared to 221,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the job o  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on March 26, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * From January 2023 to January 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 59 metropolitan areas, decreased in 3 areas, and was essentially unchanged in 327 areas. The largest percentage gain occurred in Madera, California, at 6.6 percent. Employment in the area rose from 41,200 in January 2023 to 43,900 in January 2024, or +2,7  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Martin Webler, a business management specialist within NETL's Technology Development Center (TDC), will retire at the end of March. During his 14-year tenure with the Lab he worked by the creed "People make jobs," helping NETL grow, expand and change with the times. Webler joined NETL 14 years ago as a business management specialist in the Strategic Center for   more

ABERDEEN, Maryland, March 27 -- Aberdeen Proving Ground issued the following news: By Maya Green More than 70% of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command workforce is over 40, with the average age being 48. As this large percentage of the workforce nears retirement, it is up to the next generation to take up the mantle and shape the future of the Army. This younger generation can bring new perspectives and unique experiences to diversify the CECOM workforce and reinforce the strength   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the appointment of 23 members to its new 2030 Census Advisory Committee (2030 CAC). The 2030 CAC members, who represent various stakeholder organizations, groups, interests and viewpoints, have extensive census and survey experience. Under its charter, the 2030 CAC will assist the Census Bureau in devising strategies to increase awareness of and participati  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHELLE CRUZ, 38, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a narcotics trafficking ring. According to court doc  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The District of Columbia Department of Health issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: DC Health advises all children to be fully vaccinated with the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine as the best protection against the wave of US measles outbreaks across 15 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington. This year, to date, there have be  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following media advisory: This week, Federal Student Aid (FSA) Chief Operating Officer Richard Cordray will speak at the "All About SAVE" series of webinars across the country about the benefits of the Biden-Harris Administration's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan for federal student loan borrowers. The SAVE Plan, launched by the U.S. Department of Education last August, is a new income-driven repayment (IDR) plan th  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Fannie Mae issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) today announced the winning bidder for its twenty-third Community Impact Pool (CIP) of non-performing loans. The transaction is expected to close on May 22, 2024, and includes 37 loans totaling $10.4 million in unpaid principal balance (UPB). The loans are geographically focused in the New York/New Jersey area, and the winning bidder was GITSIT Solutions, LLC (Tourmalet). The pool was  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 27 -- Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Washington, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: * * * In case you missed it, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other governors of the Reproductive Freedom Alliance issued a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the most significant abortion rights case since this same Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Inslee has b  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 27 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) continues to adjust spring weight restriction areas in an annual move to protect roads. Effective 6 a.m. Monday, April 1, weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including US-2/US-141 at the Menominee River bridge west of Iron Mountain then east on US-2 to St. Ignace  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 27 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Attorneys General for 11 other States and the District of Columbia have told Glock, Inc. to preserve all evidence related to its line of Glock pistols, which can be easily converted into illegal machine guns with just one small, easy-to-make modification. The States' letter to Glock was sent in the wake of the gunmaker   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 27 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation renewing the State's Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) for five more years, which will invest billions to modernize and maintain New Jersey's statewide transportation infrastructure, while providing additional capital funding for NJ TRANSIT, supporting local and county projects to alleviate the burden on local taxpayers, and creating t  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: A former New Jersey corrections officer admitted orchestrating two different fraud schemes, including a cryptocurrency scheme that resulted in losses of more than $600,000, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. John DeSalvo, 47, of Linwood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti in Newark federal cour  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news on March 26, 2024: Venuthika Venkatesan, a ninth grader at West Windsor - High School North, is on a robotics team with another friend, where they often find themselves the only girls. They had no such feeling at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's (PPPL) recent Young Women's Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)   more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 27 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today launched the Texas Space Commission and announced the inaugural members of the Texas Space Commission Board of Directors and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium (TARSEC) Executive Committee at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The Texas Space Commission will cement Texas' position as a national leader in the space industry and will secure its fut  more